Cardiac dose in the treatment of synchronous bilateral breast cancer patients between three different radiotherapy techniques (VMAT, IMRT, and 3D CRT).
Nidal SalimAlexey PopodkoKristina TumanovaAlexandr StolbovoyIrina LagkuevaVadim RagimovPublished in: Discover. Oncology (2023)
value was noted in the myocardium, LADA, and lungs. The use of 3D CRT significantly increases the dose of radiation reaching the lungs, myocardium, and LADA, which can subsequently cause cardiovascular and lung complications, but not in the cardiac conduction system.